Habitat Challenge Back done!

And the back....Frank Lloyd Wright inspired...

Habitat Challenge Front DONE!

And DONE!!

After all that obsession on the top and finally after a love/hate thing with it, I was able to piece the back in no time and fell in love....I used the same grey's that I used on the front as well as a few of my fav's of the habitat line....and added some slate grey on the side....

Piecing the Habitat Challenge quilt top

I had been obsessing over this challenge for months since we got the fabric 8ths in September? Took me too long to come up with my design but I wanted to mimic Jay McCarroll's designs with my design.

Challenge quilt

Making good progress on my Jay McCarroll Habitat challenge quilt. The fabric's felt very abstract to me so I designed the quilt that way. Gotta get a move on since we get to show them at the guild mtg on Monday, Nov. 7th!!

Linen Bee blocks for Jen's month!

Hive #7 3rd Q - 3x6 mini bee - DONE!

My hubby helped me with the dimensions to make a smaller block tutorial into this awesome 12.5" block. It was really fun to make for my bee mates!

Done!

Almost done!!

I'm almost done (finally!) with the "Perfect Puddles" quilt! I took a class at Sew Modern by Latifah Saafir. Latifah is a great teacher and so creative! This quilt I'm making for my mother-in-law's birthday (9/5) so I've got to finish it! The binding is sewn on and the I'm hand stitching the rest. We're driving up north to visit for her birthday so I will finish it on the drive and 'sneakily' wash it when she's not looking in her laundry! I'm so excited and so happy it's almost done. It was one of those things that I kept putting aside to finish other things so now that I'm almost there I'm SOOOOO HAPPY! I'll post a final pic after it's washed but here's what the quilt top and back look like. It measures 54x54. It's the biggest quilt I've ever made!

Moody Blues Bee - September 2011

It's my month for the Moody Blues bee to pick a pattern and ship out fabric! I had a hard time with this one because I want to make a quilt for my father-in-law but he only really likes BLACK or all things Hawaii. So I found some cool print fabric and decided on some solids and lots of black. Then the pattern stumped me. I didn't want anything too structured but after tossing and turning many a night I decided on a Wonky Log Cabin w/some curvy lines. And after many more sleepless nights I decided I didn't want to do that to my fellow bee ladies. So I'm giving them a choice. Either a slightly wonky log cabin like this:
















OR to make a Log Cabin with curvy lines like this:
















I only want my fellow bee-mates to do the wavy lines if they feel confident to do it. They aren't the easiest to do w/out practice (wavy lines). So for the blocks I'm referring them to the following sites for a tutorial.

Wonky Log Cabin:
http://tallgrassprairiestudio.blogspot.com/2008/04/for-dana-wonky-log-cabin-block-tutorial.html

Wavy lines tutorial:
http://swimminginbrine.blogspot.com/2011/01/how-to-sew-wavy-lines.html

The fabric is all cut and packaged...yippee! Shipping packages out tomorrow!

First post!

Why is it so hard to figure out what to write for my first post?? Yikes! I have so many things going on in my mind I'm keeping myself up late at night. I guess I'll start with the "to do" list and then go from there.

To do:
Finish Sample block and cut materials to be mailed to my peeps in the Moody Blues Bee. (my month is September and it came up rather quickly!! I'm definitely not prepared. I decided to have the girls do my father in law's quilt blocks. He's a huge fan of BLACK. ugh. No fun, but I have wanted to step out and get more "modern" by using more solids than prints. I found a few nice hawaiian prints that will be used along with the black, tan, and cream solids. And the pattern, this has kept me up many a night trying to figure it out. I wanted to make it simple but also wanted something different. It's going to be a log cabin with a twist of wavy lines and not too many rounds/fabrics. I'll post pictures later!

Next on the agenda is my Modern Quilt Guild Challenge quilt that I want to enter. I will start on it after Labor day and that one's top secret!! I'm excited as it's for my hubby!!

3x6 mini bee blocks for hive #7 (3rd quarter). I've already received two fabulous blocks and I'm still undecided what I'll be doing for my pattern.

I know there are more but this is all I can squeeze in here in between my day at work!

TGIF!!!